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34-465: Additionally, certain sections of Cerqueira César, located in the south area of Avenida Paulista are also considered as an integral part of the Jardins region. Jardins is limited by the following roads: Rebouças Avenue, River Pinheiros Marginal Avenue, Brigadeiro Luís Antônio Avenue and Paulista Avenue . It is considered one of the noblest areas of São Paulo . Jardins is home to many museums, such as

68-653: A Plan of Avenues for the City of São Paulo” ( Estudo de um Plano de Avenidas para a Cidade de São Paulo ). The Plano de Avenidas was given an award at the Fourth Pan-American Congress of Architects at Rio de Janeiro in July 1930. He met Maria de Lourdes Costa Cabral e Abreu in 1930 in Rio de Janeiro , where she was on tour with an opera troupe from Portugal . The couple where not able to live together until

102-507: A decade ago to honor another politician from São Paulo, Mário Covas . Rodovia Governador Mário Covas , as BR-101 has officially been known since 2001, passes through twelve Brazilian coastal states in three of the country's five geographic regions : In addition to the many public roads named for Francisco Prestes Maia in the state of São Paulo and throughout Brazil, several buildings and cultural institutions also bear his name, either as an honor to him or because they are located on or near

136-458: A local businessman, Jorge Nacle Hamuche. Since the 2000s there have been successive occupations by poor and/or homeless individuals connected to squatter's rights groups such as the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto (MTST) , a local homeless rights group affiliated with the national Landless Workers' Movement , or Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra (MST) . These occupations have been

170-549: A real estate office and also began working for the São Paulo state government. From 1924 to 1927, Prestes Maia taught architectural drawing courses part-time at his alma mater , POLI. He was promoted to full professor in 1927 and taught for another ten years. In 1937, he left the university in order to be able to continue working for the city. From 1926 to 1930, he served as the city's Secretary of Transportation and Public Works. In 1930, Prestes Maia published his “Study for

204-456: A roadway named “Prestes Maia.” One particularly noteworthy building that is commonly referred to as Prestes Maia is a 22-story abandoned factory in downtown São Paulo, located near the Luz train station . The two tower blocks at 911 Avenida Prestes Maia are still registered to the long-defunct former owner, National Cloth Company ( Companhia Nacional de Tecidos ). In 1994 the building was purchased by

238-533: A symbol of the center of economic and political power of São Paulo, it has been the focal point of numerous political protests beginning in 1929 and continuing into the 21st century. It is also home to an extensive shopping area and to South America's most comprehensive fine-art museum , the São Paulo Museum of Art . Being one of the highest points in São Paulo, it is clustered with radio and television masts, most notably that of TV Gazeta . Paulista Avenue

272-476: Is a major hub of the subway and bus lines of the city. Paulista Avenue was constructed in 1891 by Joaquim Eugênio de Lima (1845-1902), a Uruguayan-Brazilian civil engineer. Once a residential neighbourhood thoroughfare flanked by lavishly ornate mansions with Arabesque and European themes of the city's coffee barons and industry entrepreneurs such as the Matarazzo family. Paulista Avenue Number One belonged to

306-562: Is housed in a yellow neo-classic building. Numerous cultural centers line Paulista Avenue. The Centro Cultural Itaú near Casa das Rosas in Paraiso, is an exhibition space; Centro Cultural FIESP/CIESP is an exhibition space of arts and crafts. Centro Cultural FIESP/CIESP also houses the Teatro Brasileiro de Comedia , which distributes free tickets for its weekly performances. Some of the São Paulo's best hospitals are located in

340-484: The interventor for the state of São Paulo at the time. He would be appointed again by Lucas Nogueira Garcez in 1942, immediately following his first term. After completing his second term, he left office on November 10, 1945 — roughly the same time that the same time that the Estado Novo was ending and democracy was restored to the country. Prestes Maia had two unsuccessful bids for political office following

374-423: The São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo). MASP is known not only for its excellent collection of European and national paintings, sketches, and sculptures by Renoir, Picasso and Modernist Brazilian authors, but also for the modern architecture of its building, whose exhibition room is made of a single block of concrete and glass windows suspended and supported by two vertical concrete columns so

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408-759: The São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound , the Ema Gordon Klabin Cultural Foundation , the Museum of the Brazilian House and the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture . This geographical article relating to the state of São Paulo is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paulista Avenue Paulista Avenue ( Avenida Paulista in Portuguese , Paulista being the demonym for those born in

442-409: The reference and circulation areas. The upper floors are made up of offices, meeting and exhibition space, and the archives of the former mayor. The special collection , Coleção Prestes Maia , of roughly 12,000 items includes rare books about architecture, urbanism, aesthetics , and history , as well as a collection of personal objects, works of art, and Prestes Maia's papers. The majority of

476-519: The Paulista Avenue area; they include Hospital Alemão Osvaldo Cruz, Paulistano, Clínicas, Emilio Ribas and Beneficência Portuguesa. Large-scale shopping malls on the street, some of which are now designated historic buildings, include Center Três, Conjunto Nacional, Grande Avenida, Gazeta, Top Center and Shopping Pátio Paulista. They are noted for their coffee shops, internet facilities, restaurants, luncheonettes, shops, and movie theaters. Some of

510-618: The Von Bülow family, founders and operators of the Antarctica brewery. It became the first paved street in São Paulo in 1909. Asphalt was imported from Germany to complete the project. A master plan for the avenue titled Plano de Avenida (English: Avenue Plan) was devised by Mayor Francisco Prestes Maia in 1930 during the regime of President Getúlio Vargas . It was based on David Burnham 's master plan for Chicago , and attempted to control urban growth of São Paulo. The plan promoted

544-728: The avenue from one end to the other. This line connects the East and West sides of the metropolis having transfers to the Line 1 (Blue Line) , the Line 4 (Yellow Line) , the Subway Line 5 (Lilac Line) to the south side, the train Line 10 (Turquoise Line) and the monorail line 15 (Silver Line). Paulista is home to a small native forest park, the Parque Siqueira Campos (English: Siqueira Campos Park), commonly called Trianon , and to

578-511: The city of São Paulo . Francisco Prestes Maia was born to Manuel Azevedo Maia and Carolina Prestes on March 19, 1896, in Amparo , São Paulo , a small town 120 km north of the capital city. In 1917, Prestes Maia completed his engineering and architecture degree at the POLI , Polytechnic School of São Paulo ( Portuguese : Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo ). In 1918, he set up

612-454: The death of Prestes Maia's mother in 1935, since Maria had been divorced and Carolina Prestes did not approve of their relationship. The two were not able to officially marry until late in his life, given that divorce was still illegal in Brazil and her ex-husband was still alive. They had no children. In 1938 Prestes Maia was named mayor of São Paulo for the first time by Ademar de Barros ,

646-410: The decentralization of urban areas, development of automobile routes, and construction low-cost and high-density housing. The first multi-story building on the avenue was a seven-story structure at the corner of Paulista and Frei Caneca constructed in 1939. The most important of the ones which still stand to this day is Casa das Rosas , near Praça Osvaldo Cruz in the very beginning of the long avenue. It

680-613: The idea of proposing initiatives in urban planning and engineering. The Prestes Maia Award has only been given twice, in 1998 and in 2006. Francisco Prestes Maia has many streets named for him throughout his home state of São Paulo. The largest of these is Avenida Prestes Maia, an arterial expressway in downtown São Paulo that is part of the North-South Corredor ( Corredor Norte-Sul ). Many municipalities in Greater São Paulo — as well as some in

714-753: The largest in the world, and the Saint Silvester Road Race on New Year's Eve take place on this avenue annually. Celebrations of local soccer teams, World Cup championships and political demonstrations also have Paulista as a stage. The avenue is also renowned for excellent private schools such as Maria Imaculada school for girls; the Anglican Saint Paul's school; Dante Alighieri private school, Alumni English Language Institute, São Luis University and School, Casa di Cultura Italiana, and Objetivo Preparatory School. The Rodrigues Alves public school, in front of Hospital Santa Catarina,

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748-498: The left, were declared eyesores and the trees were removed to accommodate the increase in transportation routes. Current trees on the avenue, which are in number 390, are the result of replanting between 2007 and 2008. It is estimated that more than 800,000 commuters transit Avenida Paulista daily. The avenue is served by the city's subway system, with the Line 2 (Green Line) of the Metrô (São Paulo's Metro system) running underneath

782-715: The material at the Biblioteca Prefeito Prestes Maia circulates regularly or is otherwise available to the public. The library's collections are indexed in the São Paulo Municipal Library System online catalog . The Prestes Maia Gallery is subterranean cultural space that connects the Praça da Patriarca to the Valé do Anhangabaú in São Paulo's historic center. Completed in 1940, during Prestes Maia's second term as mayor, it

816-581: The overthrow of Getúlio Vargas . In 1961, Prestes Maia was finally elected by popular vote and began his third term as mayor of São Paulo in 1961. Francisco Prestes Maia died in São Paulo on 26 April 1965. Prestes Maia and his Plano de Avenidas had a lasting impact on the geography of São Paulo. On August 27, 1997, the city of São Paulo passed a law (Lei nº 12.443) creating the Prestes Maia Urbanism Award ( Prêmio Prestes Maia de Urbanismo ) to be awarded every four years with

850-553: The remaining historic mansions and banks are decorated during the Christmas season, and draw crowds for picture taking. 23°33′41″S 46°39′23″W  /  23.56139°S 46.65639°W  / -23.56139; -46.65639 Francisco Prestes Maia Francisco Prestes Maia ( Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsisku ˈpɾɛstʃiz ˈmajjɐ] ) (1896–1965) was a Brazilian architect , civil engineer , urban planner , and professor , who served three terms as mayor of

884-402: The so-called interior of the state — have at least one street named, Avenida Prestes Maia or some derivation thereof, e.g., Avenida Francisco Prestes Maia , Avenida Doutor Francisco Prestes Maia , etc.: Brazil's longest highway, BR-101, is also still popularly known as Rodovia Prestes Maia for much of its 4,800 km (3,000 mi), despite having been officially renamed more than

918-531: The state of São Paulo ) is one of the most important avenues in São Paulo , Brazil . It stretches 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) and runs northwest to southeast. Its northwest point is Praça Marechal Cordeiro de Farias ( pt ) at its intersection with Rua da Consolação and its southeast point is Praça Oswaldo Cruz ( pt ) at its intersection with Treze de Maio, Bernardino de Campos, Desembargador Eliseu Guilherme, and Dr. Rafael de Barros avenues. Major crossroads on

952-662: The street are Rua Augusta , Rua Haddock Lobo ( pt ) and Avenida Brigadeiro Luis Antonio ( pt ). Parallel to it are Cincinato Braga, Joaquim Eugenio de Lima on the Bela Vista/Paraíso side and Alameda Santos and Coronel Oscar Freire on the Jardins side. Paulista Avenue crosses sections of the neighborhoods of Paraíso, Bela Vista ( pt ), Jardim Paulista , Cerqueira César ( pt ) and Jardim América ( pt ), ending in Higienópolis . The headquarters of many financial and cultural institutions are located on Paulista Avenue. As

986-605: The street. These and other buildings were torn down overnight to avoid popular resistance. The avenue became home to financial institutions and it became a symbol of the economic power of the State of São Paulo . The concentration of commerce on Paulista Avenue in the 1950s attracted a new population of middle class residents in the area, both at the expense of the city's historic downtown area. The change in economic, social, and cultural status of São Paulo, as exemplified by Paulista Avenue, attracted migration from poorer areas of Brazil and

1020-631: The subject of international media coverage and documentary filmmakers. The Mayor Prestes Maia Library ( Biblioteca Prefeito Prestes Maia ) is a multi-story public library located at 822 João Dias Avenue in the Santo Amaro district of São Paulo. The building itself was designed by Prestes Maia. Since December 2012, the library's collection of more than 53,000 items has been focused on architecture and urbanism , including fiction and non-fiction books, magazines, atlases, braille and multimedia items. The lower three floors contain reading rooms and

1054-410: The subsequent appearance of favelas at the perimeter of the city. Paulista Avenue again underwent significant structural renovation in 1972. The "Novo Paulista" (English: New Paulista) master plan of Mayor José Vicente Faria Lima significantly increased the vehicle capacity from 20,000 vehicles per day to more than 100,000 at present. All trees along the avenue, numbering 182 on the right and 140 on

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1088-655: The view of 9 de Julho Avenue and the Cantareira mountain range north of here is not spoiled. The empty space or vault covered by cobblestones is used by the Feira de Antiguidade—Antique fair—every Sunday, open movie projections and other cultural and public events. Dedicated in 1968 by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom , MASP is, due to conformity, a city landmark. The São Paulo Gay Pride Parade in May/June,

1122-579: Was not named for him until some time later. From nearly sixty years the space functioned alternately as an art gallery, municipal offices, and even a homeless shelter. It had badly deteriorated and in late 2000 the administration of the Gallery was taken over by the São Paulo Museum of Art ( Museu de Arte de São Paulo — Masp), who planned a major renovation. The renovations of Galeria Prestes Maia continued until 2013. The remodeled space contains various exhibition spaces, as well as two tunnels connecting

1156-466: Was turned into a cultural center in the late 1980s. The house has oil/hydraulic heat radiators, a luxury only the millionaire could afford. Paulista Avenue underwent a massive renovation and verticalization effort beginning in the 1950s, a trend that followed president Juscelino Kubitschek 's vision of rapid economic expansion of Brazil. Developers pressured legislators to allow for the removal of Neoclassical, Hindu-style and Middle Eastern structures along

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